“There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees…”
– Geddy Lee
Was the ancient Welsh poem “The Battle Of The Trees” inspiration for the song “The Trees” by Rush? Was it also maybe where Tolkien got the idea for the “Ents” (the walking trees)? You can be the judge:
- Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jRafVKRg18
- Full text of the ancient poem “Cad Goddeu”: https://archive.org/details/poemsfrombookoft00evan/page/26/mode/2up
Either way, both the song and this poem are very prescient allegories. similar to “The Parable of the Bees”.
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Remember also that Taliesin was the magic Bard, and father of Merlin from the Arthurian legends of which “Parzival” also an important story.